OUR MISSION - Family Gateway

LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROBERT ALBERTS
It’s a bit of a sleight of hand to encapsulate one twelve month period because, of course, life is not really like that, not
neatly divided into segments but instead it flows continuously. We can speak of opportunities, accomplishments, challenges that occurred at specific moments but they all had their origin in something that came before – and their significance
reverberates years later. Which speaks to the lives of our clients.
No one suddenly awoke one day in 2013 in dire poverty, fell into homelessness and found their way to Family Gateway.
Rather, “asset poverty” is in fact their inheritance, the legacy left them by parents and grandparents, (along with low levels
of education, few marketable skills and fewer employment possibilities). If that sounds harsh, I intend just the opposite –
every meaningful thing that Family Gateway does begins with empathy and compassion. Without those qualities, none of
the strategies, programs or services is likely to result in the kind of outcomes for our families that we work so hard to
realize. The good news is that both our clients and our organization are achieving those great results.
In 2013 Family Gateway served more families, raised more money and achieved better outcomes for our kids and adults
than ever in our history.
Additionally, we embarked on something unprecedented, a public-private
initiative to end child homelessness in Dallas once and for all. Last
January, our staff and Board committed to a vision that, in this world-class
city, there should not be 5,000 children without a safe and warm place to
lay their heads each night. We have fantastic parks, a world famous arts
district, a beautiful new bridge – and children living in cars, in homeless
shelters, in buildings never meant for human habitation, on couches
where their family has worn out its welcome. That’s unacceptable.
If a 6 year old (the average age of homeless kids in America) appeared
on your doorstep with nowhere to sleep tonight, you wouldn’t turn them
away. You just wouldn’t.
END CHILD HOMELESSNESS
And so we decided to end it, to become the first major city in the country to have done so – and along the way model
our approach so that anyone, anywhere, who cares to help families out of poverty can look to Dallas and Family Gateway
as the ones who figured it out.
That new vision, that renewed commitment, led us to many other innovations in 2013 – a new mission statement, new
logo, new social networking efforts, enhanced services which led to outstanding outcomes and a new vigor.
We’d like nothing more – and, actually, we need nothing less – than to enlist you in our cause. 2014 is going to be
another great year, full of opportunity, accomplishment and challenge. See you soon?
Sincerely,
Robert Alberts
OUR MISSION
Family Gateway is leading the Dallas community to end
child homelessness by providing innovative and comprehensive housing, social and educational services to
homeless children and their families.
Our 2013 Totals
MEET OUR FAMILIES
We know families come in different shapes and sizes.
How Many Families are Headed by a Single-Parent?
Who Do We Serve?
How Old Are the Adults?
How Old Are the Children?
What Are the Demographics?
HOUSING OUR FAMILIES
For almost 30 years, Family Gateway has provided individualized care and supportive housing to
homeless families to restore the dignity, stability and self-reliance of the family unit.
We provide our clients housing coupled with comprehensive case management and a suite of life-changing services
delivered directly by the agency and through our community partners. The supportive housing programs Family Gateway
provides are designed to address the varied needs of our clients and fall into two broad U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) defined categories: Transitional Housing (this includes Phases I and II of our Transitional
Housing Program) and Permanent Housing (this includes our Long-Term – what HUD terms Permanent – Supportive
Housing Program and Rapid Rehousing Program).
Family Gateway’s Transitional Housing Program is located at two sites. Phase I is at the Annette G. Strauss Family
Gateway Center where families are provided a room with enough beds to accommodate their family and meals, along with
comprehensive case management and services designed to stabilize them and facilitate their move (within 3- 9 months) to
Phase II of the Transitional Housing Program or to housing in the community. Families that continue to Phase II reside in a
multi-bedroom apartment for an average of one year, continuing with case management services while developing a
sense of responsibility and empowerment. The adults must be either working or in school.
Our Long-Term Supportive Housing Program (LSH) provides long-term (5+ years)
supportive housing solutions for families that are homeless due to multiple and
profound barriers to success such as a physical, cognitive, or behavioral disability of
at least one family member.
Housing Programs by Size
The Rapid Rehousing Program, which Family Gateway launched in 2013, is a new
initiative focused on getting homeless families in safe housing quickly, then providing
them with our comprehensive case management and services. This format has been
proven to help families achieve their goal to live independently more rapidly, generally within a 6 to 9 month period.
Within the context of each of these housing programs, all family members receive
Comprehensive Case Management. Each family’s assigned case manager assesses the family's strengths and barriers to success, and works in conjunction with the
Youth Services Coordinator to create a well-rounded Family Case Plan.
OUR CHILDREN’S SERVICES
Our children’s programs have a focus on positive relationships, education and health and are provided to every child
we serve, birth to eighteen years. They include after-school and summer programming consisting of tutoring, mentoring,
homework assistance, and recreational and enrichment activities. Emotional and mental health support is also offered
through our community partners. These services are designed to provide new opportunities and to help children excel
in school and in their relationships.
Family Gateway’s commitment to education is evident in the progress our students have made in 2013 with
scores well above the DISD average.
Student Graduation Rates
STAAR Test Pass Rates
OUR ADULT SERVICES
Services offered to our parents address the personal and professional challenges that have brought families
to Family Gateway, enabling them to overcome homelessness and empower themselves to build a more
successful life.
Services include Work Readiness (resumé writing, mock interviews, customer service training, Dress for Success, and job
search assistance); Life Skills (problem-solving, planning, time management, and organizational skills) and Financial Literacy (managing money, budgeting, saving, and use of credit.)
Parenting Education (child development, appropriate methods of discipline, child-parent interaction, and development- centered parenting); and Self Care (referrals for mental health support, empowerment workshops, healthy relationships
classes, and domestic violence classes). The actual array of services and individual goals taken up by each adult client will
reflect the priorities established in the case plan developed by the client's Case Manager. All of the services offered as part
of the Adult Services Program are designed to assist our families in achieving self-sufficiency and a return to independent
living.
Exited to Permanent Housing
Earned Income
Our programs are effective.
Each one has surpassed
the standards set by the
U. S. Department of
Housing and Urban
Development (HUD.) The
programs are measured by
a number of different
factors including the level
of income the family earns
and whether they are able
to maintain housing.
BY THE NUMBERS: 2013 Financials
REVENUE: Where Does the Money Come From?
Individuals ($504K temp restricted) $843,009 Founda ons ($500K temp restricted) $976,185 Corpora ons $47,491 Public/Service Organiza ons ($20K temp restricted) $84,682 Special Events Gov’t Grants/Contracts $258,694 $1,066,918 Program Income $35,356 Other $95,061 Total $3,407,396 Oth er
3%
Program Income
1%
Special Events
8%
Pub lic/Service Organizations
2%
Gov't Grants/ Individuals
25%
Contracts
31% Foundations
29%
Corporations
1%
EXPENSES: Where Does the Money Go?
Program Services $2,156,910 Management & General $222,653 Fundraising $378,551 Total $2,758,114 In‐kind Support $1,627,159 Fundraising
14%
Manage‐
ment & General
8%
Program Services
78%
YOUR SUPPORT MAKES AN IMPACT - 683 Children Served
Abell-Hanger Foundation
Ms. Carolyn Campbell
Evolution Road, LLC
Ms. Arcilia Acosta
Ms. Michelle Caplan
FedEx
Mr. Paul Adams
Cardiology and Interventional Vascular
Associates
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Carroll Jr.
First United Methodist Church
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alberts
Ms. Gianna Cerullo
Mr. Robert Folz
Ms. Gillian Albuquerque
Mrs. Angela Choquette
Ms. Carrie Ford
All Saints Catholic Church
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Ms. Holly Forsythe
Ms. Marcia Allen
Clay and Lara Jenkins Foundation
Ms. Kristi Francis
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Allison
Dr. Joseph J. Clifford
Francisco & Co.
Ms. Heather Anderson
Ms. Ellen Clint
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Fullinwider
Ann and Nate Levine Academy
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Coffee
Gamtex Industries
Ms. Betty Armstrong
Mr. and Mrs. John Collins
Mr. Steven Gendler
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Arnold
Mrs. Jessica Colombo
Gene and Jerry Jones Family Charities
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Arnold
Communities Foundation of Texas
Mrs. Shay Geyer
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Askew
Community Trust Bank
Ms. Linda Gibbons
Ms. Faye Bagby
Compatriot Capital, Inc.
Ms. Stacy Girard
Mr. Jacques Bares
Computershare
Mr. and Mrs. Reid Golden
Ms. Maxine Barnes
Ms. Susan Cooley
Baron And Blue Foundation
Simmie Cooper
Goldman Sachs Realty
Management, L.P.
Ms. Jessica Bass
Ms. Kristin Corr
Mr. John Batson
Mr. Christopher Cozby
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching
Gift Program
Mr. John Baumgarten
Angela and John Crates
Dr. Roberta Goldstein
Mr. and Mrs. Huston Bell
Ms. Lee Cullum
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Good
Ms. Leslie Benners
Dallas County Chapter of Thrivent
Financial
Ms. Aneeta Goomar
Mrs. Sandra Berger
Mr. Lance Bergstrom
Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bing Graffunder
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Best
Dallas Morning News Charities
Mr. and Mrs. David Gruber
Ms. Gina Betts
Dallas Women's Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gummer
Ms. Mara Jill Bindler
Ms. Peggy Dear
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hamilton
Booz & Company N.A., Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deitch II
Mr. and Mrs. John Hammack
Ms. Linda Boren
Mrs. Linda DiFede
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hanmer
Ms. Holly Bosler
Ms. Deanna Dipizio-Johnson
Harold Simmons Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bovard
DMG Special Servicing Group, LLC
Harry S. Moss Foundation
Ms. Kristy Bowen
Ms. Patricia Donosky
Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brodsky
Mr. Jeff Doumany
Ms. Zoe Hart
Mr. and Mrs. Henri Bromberg III
Ms. Samantha and Mr. Timothy Durst
Ms. Claire Schlumberger Henry
Mr. J. Brooks
Mr. Jay Dyer
Ms. Margaret Hensley
Ms. Shonn Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Dyer
Mr. and Mrs. Don Herring, Sr.
Mrs. Rebecca Bruder
Ms. Allison Edwards
Jill and Paul Herz
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &
Feld, L.L.P.
First Baptist Church of Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gordon
Bryant & Nancy Hanley Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Richard Eiseman, Sr.
Ms. Lelani Bucki
Susan and Linc Eldredge
Ms. Mary Ellen Hess
Ms. Mai Caldwell
Hoglund Foundation
ENCANA Cares (USA) Foundation
Mr. Stephen Hipp
OUR SUPPORTERS (CONTINUED)
Mr. S. Roger Horchow
M. B. and Edna Zale Foundation
Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas
Mr. Thomas Houston
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Macintosh
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Perkins
Ms. Susan Howley
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Mackenzie
Mr. Sam Perry
Ms. Caroline Hunt
Ms. Nancy Marcus
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin
Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Mr. Michael Matuson
Phil and Bo Warnick Family
Charitable Fund
Hunton & Williams
Mays Family Foundation
Ms. Terri Phillips
Ms. Jane Hurst
Mr. Michael McCabe
Mrs. Nelda Pickens
Ms. Patricia Hutcheson
Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCarthy
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pollock
Insperity
Ms. Tina McClary
The Pollock Foundation
International Exposition Company
Mr. Larry McCown
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pratt, III
J.F. Maddox Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Cappy McGarr
R&F Culinary Center LLC / DUO
J.L. Williams Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter McGuire
Ms. Julie Rado
Ms. Lindsay Jacaman
Ms. Linda McMahon
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde James
The Meadows Foundation
Safeway, Inc. Foundation Randalls/
Tom Thumb
James and Norma Smith Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Merriman
Ms. Michelle Rawlings
Jeffrey A. Carter Foundation
Ms. Kazie Metzger
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ray
JLB Partners, LP
Dr. Bruce Mickey
Ms. Selwyn Rayzor
Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson
Midway Hills Christian Church
Katherine and Eric Reeves
Mrs. Therese Johnson
Mr. Randall Miltenberger
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard L. Regard
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Johnson
Mr. Bay Miltenberger
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnston
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Mitchell, III
Ms. Paige Reupke
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Jones
Dr. and Mrs. Mack Mitchell, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Riddle
Mr. Bruce Kaye
Ms. Diane Moore
Mrs. Billie Leigh Rippey
Mr. and Mrs. William Kelley
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Risch
Kids Helping Kids
Mr. and Mrs. Will Mundinger
Rabbi Debra Robbins
King of Glory Lutheran Church
Dr. Maureen Murry, M.D.
Reverend Linda Roby
Ms. Jenny Kirtland
Ms. Mary Muse
Rolling Hills Shopping Center, Inc.
Mr. Jack Knox
Dr. Elizabeth Naftalis
Ms. Bryanna Roop
Ms. Susan Kochem
National Charity League
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Darren Kozelsky
Ms. Dana Nearburg
Catherine and Will Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Kurtz
Network for Good
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Lam
Mary and Rosser Newton
Mr. William Ross
Mr. Scott Lapierre
Mrs. Jan Norris
Rupe Foundation
Ms. Eleanor Latimer
NorthPark Presbyterian Church
Mr. and Mrs. George Brint Ryan
Ms. Amy Laws
Northway Christian Church
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Saslaw
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Levenson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Norton
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schuepbach
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Levy
Mr. and Mrs. Erle Nye
Ms. Lynn Sears
Mr. and Mrs. Leon-Jacques Lidji
Mrs. Mildred Oppenheimer
Ms. May Sebel
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lieberman
ORIX Foundation
Sewell Motor Company
Ms. Barbara Lozzi
Ms. Cathy Packard
Gowri and Alex Sharma
Ms. Karen Lukin
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Passmore
Ms. Janet Shaw
OUR SUPPORTERS (CONTINUED)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shields
Ms. Luella Telker
Ms. Heather Wiese-Alexander
Mr. David Shiring
Ms. Gracie Terrill
Dr. Kern Wildenthal
Mrs. George Shutt
Texas Cars Direct
Mr. John Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Simmons
The Dallas Foundation
Ms. Andrea Winters
Ms. Jamie Singer
Mr. Mitchell Wolff
Mr. John Sites, Jr.
The Roy Gene and Pamela Evans
Foundation
Ms. Sarah Smith
Mrs. Nancy Titus
Women of St. Michael & All Angels
Church
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Smith
Ms. Jennifer Tobin
Lea and Leo Yancey
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Soch
Ms. Sherrie Toma
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Yost
Ms. Delia Solis
Mr. Toby Toudouze
Mr. Kevin Young
Mr. and Mrs. William Solomon
Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Louis Trochu
Ms. Melanie Zacek
Mrs. Kris Sorokwasz
Mr. and Mrs. Josh Ungerman
Mr. Jeffrey Zwiebel
Ms. Susan Spain
University of Notre Dame
Ms. Michelle Spangler
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vaughn
St. Ann Catholic Church
Mr. and. Mrs. Tommy Vieth
Mr. Richard Stauble
W. P. and Bulah Luse Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Stehsel
Mr. Dennis Walo
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. John Walter
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Strauss
Mr. John Warren
Ms. Carmen Surgent
Mr. and Mrs. Max Wells
Mr. Bruce Taylor
Whole Foods Market
OUR GUILD
Ms. Holly Bosler
Ms. Samantha Durst
Ms. Sarah Shields
For a full list of our 2013 donors
visit www.familygateway.org
OUR 2013 BOARD
Jill Herz, Board Chair
Dr. Joseph Clifford
Terri Phillips
Samantha Durst, Secretary
Jessica Colombo
Rabbi Debra Robbins
Terry Breedlove, Treasurer
Kristin Corr
Rev. Linda Roby
Bay Miltenberger, Board Vice Chair
Angela Tilley Crates
May Sebel
Richard Deitch II
Sarah Shields
Ronald Gordon
Aaron Stehsel
Stephen W. Hipp
Charles Sulak
Deborah Konigsberg
Lea Yancey
Trazell "Trey" Bailey
John Baumgarten
Leslie M. Benners
Sandy Berger
Gina Betts
Mara Chase
Eleanor W. Latimer
Linda McMahon
Julie Palmer, Ex Officio Member